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Police are searching for a man they say tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl walking to school, but she ran away.

Police search for a man who tried to abduct a teen on her way to school in Maywood on Monday.

Last week we looked at some tests that high school students take and how they might reveal something about our local high schools.

Sometimes, the little guys actually do win. On Sept. 29, the City of Vernon walked away from its dragged-out, no-holds-barred battle to build a combined-cycle power plant using three natural gas-fired combustion turbines and one steam turbine to crank out 943 megawatts of electricity - along with enough small particle matter to kill up to 33 men, ...

MANNY Pacquiaoa s training camp shifts into high gear with the arrival of two tough sparmates over the weekend.

Garfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life setting for the film "Stand and Deliver," will be among the initial 12 local campuses, including six high schools, eligible for takeover because of persistent academic failure, officials announced Friday.

Garfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life setting for the film 'Stand and Deliver,' will be among the first group of local schools eligible for takeover because of persistent academic failure, a high-level district source has told The Times.

The industrial city of Vernon has abandoned a three-year-old proposal to build a 943-megawatt power plant bitterly opposed by the communities that surround it.

The City Council Tuesday voted 3-2 to award Fiesta Taxi another two-year contract for its Dial-A-Ride and demand response transportation services, even though Fiesta was not the lowest bidder for the contract.

Luis Mora, a 21-year-old Latino, was shot several times and died Thursday, Aug.13. He was shot in the 4500 block of East 57th Street in Maywood , according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

A 13-year-old boy playing with a handgun in Carson was killed Thursday afternoon when the weapon accidentally discharged, authorities said.

Delmy Najera, 20, contacted deputies at 5 a.m. Monday about an alleged incident of identity theft which took place in 2008.

Maywood residents say they will cede no ground to the proposed construction of a high school that will end decades of home ownership, even though school district authorities argue the project is an overall effort to relieve overcrowding at Los Angeles schools, benefitting the unincorporated city and surrounding communities.

Four fatal shootingsin Willowbrook, Maywood and Baldwin Park were among several homicides in L.A. County overthe weekend.

My first car was a 1949 Mercury four-door. My dad bought it for me in 1955 in Maywood, Calif., for $575. It was a cream puff, like new.

The Maywood, California City Council on Wednesday dumped the Australian company in charge of the city's red light camera program.

State Senator Gilbert Cedillo will host a town hall to discuss the budget and potential impact on K-12 and higher education.

The Maywood City Council has agreed to overhaul its police department after allegations of widespread misconduct and brutality in the tiny Los Angeles suburb.

The Cadillac Escalade of councilman Osvaldo Conde, 48, was pierced by at least seven rounds Monday night, with one of them hitting his 28-year-old brother Erik Conde in the shoulder.